Eight arrested in protest against Georgian dam
Protests against large dams in Georgia’s Svaneti mountains have led to confrontations with police. Locals are losing patience over the protracted consultation process on the project
Eight arrested in protest against Georgian dam
Protests against large dams in Georgia’s Svaneti mountains have led to confrontations with police. Locals are losing patience over the protracted consultation process on the project. Police special forces were deployed last Friday, 20 May to clear a blockade of an access road leading to the planned Nenskra dam site in Georgia’s northwest.
Georgia swept by protests against EBRD-backed hydropower
Protests have in recent weeks broken out across rural Georgia after construction resumed on several large hydropower projects financed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Georgia swept by protests against EBRD-backed hydropower
In Georgia, protests against dams precede development bank meetings
Protests have in recent weeks broken out across rural Georgia after construction resumed on several large dam projects. At the sites of the Shuakhevi, Nenskra and the Dariali hydropower plants, demonstrators have complained
In Georgia, protests against dams precede development bank meetings
Protests have in recent weeks broken out across rural Georgia after construction resumed on several large dam projects. At the sites of the Shuakhevi, Nenskra and the Dariali hydropower plants, demonstrators have complained that the projects were decided behind closed doors,
Briefing paper on environmental and social impacts of the Nenskra Hydropower Plant project
The Asian Develoment Bank (ADB) is in the process of assessing a loan for the 280 megawatt Nenskra hydropower plant in the northwest of Georgia. The project is under appraisal for co-financing by the European Investment Bank
Social Impacts of Nenskra Dam Georgia
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is in the early stage of assessing a loan for the 280 megawatt Nenskra hydropower plant, which is to be built by a Korean investor in the northwest of Georgia. The project is located on the Nenskra and Nakra rivers
Nenskra hydropower plant, Georgia
For the last decade, the government of Georgia has promoted hydropower as a way of tackling energy security and turning the country into a regional energy player. The EBRD has been one of the key catalysts of this hydro boom
Nenskra hydropower plant, Georgia
Association Green Alternative and CEE Bankwatch Network Joint Comments on Nenskra HPP Construction and Operation Project EIA Report
The Georgian Partnership Fund, a state-owned investment fund commissioned the consulting company “Gamma Consulting” to carry out an environmental impact assessment (EIA) report on the construction of a 280 MW hydropower plant project
Preliminary comments on the Nenskra hydropower plant Environmental and Social Impact Assessment consultation process
On June 15-21, 2015, CEE Bankwatch Network organised a fact finding mission to the hydropower plant (HPP) in the Upper Svaneti region of western Georgia in order to establish whether the environmental impact assessment (EIA) documentation